A woman from the audience asks: ‘Why were there so few women among the Beat writers?’ and [Gregory] Corso, suddenly utterly serious, leans forward and says: “There were women, they were there, I knew them, their families put them in institutions, they were given electric shock. In the ’50s if you were male you could be a rebel, but if you were female your families had you locked up.
Stephen Scobie, on the Naropa Institute’s 1994 tribute to Allen Ginsberg (via thisisendless)
This is so true today too: women who rebel/speak are so often labeled “mad” & silenced by families.
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tales of the urban adventurer: WARNING: Film Crew Creepers at New York Comic Con UPDATE: They have been IDed!!
My New York Comic Con experience has been a memorable and fabulous experience in a lot of ways. I’m going to talk about the positives later on, but for now, I have to report something more serious and disgusting. I’m recording it as I remember it with as much detail as…
Dan Froomkin’s Temporary Tumblr Depository: I have a public PGP key now. Do you?
Dan Froomkin’s Temporary Tumblr Depository: I have a public PGP key now. Do you?
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I used to have one years ago, but I have no idea what it is.